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G. A. STEINER July l0, `1928.

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Reisaued July 10, 1928.

UNITED STATI-:s

Re. 17,031 lPATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ADOL'YH STEINER, OIE' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ASSIGNOB TO STEINE SALES l COMPANY, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, A CORPORATION OF UTAH.

TOWEL CABINET.

Original No. 1,596,125, dated August 17, 1926, Serial No. 526,574, led January 3, 1922. Application for i reissue led January 30,

The object of my invention is rolls so mounted that the clean portion of' the towel will be kept out ofcontact with the soiled portion.

A further object is to provide such an arrangement of the towel and control rolls that the withdrawal of the clean portion of the towel from its rollwill operate to wind the soiled portion of the towel upon its roll.

Other objects of the invention will appeal from the following `detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a` vertical sectional view through a towel cabinet embodying my inventin, on the line 1 1 of Figure 2;

Figure 2 is afront elevation with the door -partially broken away. showing the relative arrangement of the rolls in the cabinet;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the cabinet. In the drawing, 2 represents a towel cabinet having a suit-able door 3 in the front thereof and slots 4 and 5 in the side walls into which the spindles 6 and 7 of the clean and soiled towel rolls are respectively inserted. The slots for the clean towel roll are preferably inwardly and downwardly inclined, while the .inner portion of the slots for the soiled towel roll arepreferably vertical, so that when the rolls are inserted into the slots they will be suspended between the walls ofthe cabinet by gravity, being free to rise and-fall in the slots in the operation of unwinding the clean towel from one roll and winding up tlie'soiledl portion of the towel on thefother roll.

The clean towel 8 1s wound on the-shaft 6 and fed from this roll to the shaft 7 in the slots 5. `Thelower portion of thecabinet is open, so that the towel hangs vin aloop below the "cabinet," `with the clean section to the front where it can be lconveniently reached yfafper'son standingbelow'and in front of i'thcabinetL-* l ,"ffIt 'isbdesirablelas the clean towel is -unjwoun'd'fror'n itsroll to wind up the soiled ifpoaibnef theater rou Land with. this end in vewIfprovide controler feed rolls 11 a naled Vi' the by a-"sproekei,` 'chain`15- and wheels 16 mounted on the shafts 13 and 14. The soiled toprovide ay` l [sidewalls-ofthe casing, the roll "12 lbeingdriven from the roll 11, preferably 1928. Serial No. 250,647.

vof contact with this roll and preferably above it, and then carry the loose clean end of the towel from the roll over this feed or control roll, and then downwardly to a point where the clean end of the towel can be grasped by the user. A downward pull on thisportion-of the towel revolves the cle'an towel roll to feed the towel therefrom Iand also exerts a downward pressureion the roll 11, causing the towel tocling to the roll and revolve it and at the same time transmit motion through the chain '15 to the roll 12 to revolve it and the soiled towel roll and wlnd up the vsoiled end of the towel as fast as 1t is used. A dog `19' is arranged to engage the teeth of one of the sprocketwheels, a pin 19L preventing movement of the dog in one direction and locking the sprockets against' v into contact` with the clean end of the towell and this, of course, is a desirable feature in any towel cabinet where the highest degreel ofsanitary conditions should be attained.

When the clean towel has been entirely unwound from its roll, the door 3 may be opened and the soiled towel removed and returned to the laundry and a clean one inserted. The operation may then be repeated.

` It will be noted that the -feed rolls in this applicatonare arranged upon substantially the same level, one at the front and the other at the rear of the cabinet, and Iam thus able to bring the towelrolls nearer together and make the ca binet smallerand more compact.' This arrangement of the feed rolls :also provides a wide gap` or space between the clean portion the towel and the used or soiled portionand this, of course, is always desirable.

- I claimas my invention:

1. A towelcabinet comprising a casing, a clean towel roll yin the lower portion of said of the depending loop of cabinet, a soiled'towel roll in the upper portion of said cabinet, a roll'mounted in ,A the rear of the cabinet below and suflciently close to the soiled towel roll so that the feed roll will rest against said soiled towel roll,

i a second feed roll inthe front of the cabinet and having a driving connection with said first named feed roll and arranged to be nor- -mally out of contact with said clean towel roll, the loose end of the towel from said clean towel roll passing up over said second feed roll and thence dependin in the front part of the cabinet downward y, thence up- `wardly through the rear of the cabinet over said rear feed roll to the soiled towel roll.

2. A towel cabinet-comprising a casing, a clean towel roll mounted in the lower portion of said casing, the upper portion of said casing having slots therein and a' soiled 'towel roll mounted to rest by gravity therein, a feed roll mounted inthe rear portion of the cabinet tov contact with the under side of said soiled towel roll, a second feed roll in the front portion of the cabinetin approximately f the same horizontal p lane as the other feed r'oll and having a drivlng connection with saidfirst named feed roll and arranged to receive the loose end of the clean towel from said clean towel roll from i clean and soiled towel rolls mounted therein, av feed roll mounted below and arranged to contact with the soiled towel roll, a second feed roll in approximately the same horizontal plane as the other feed roll and having adriving connection with said rst f named feed rollY and arranged to be out of contact with the clean towel roll, the loose clean toweling passing over said second feed roll thence depending down in front of the clean towel lroll to operate the same when the user exerts a downward pull on the towel, the soiledend`of the towel passing upwardly at the rear,of the casing to the soiled towel 'roll therein, and a partition mounted in said casing and separating the soiled port-ion of the towel from said clean towel roll. a

4. A 'towel cabinet comprising a casing, clean and soiled towel rolls mounted therein, feed rolls interposed between said towel rolls and arranged one inffront .and the other in the rear portion of the casing and on substantially the same level and having a. driving# connection between them, the soiled towel roll contacting by gravit with one of said Ifeed rolls and the loop o :clean -toweling passing over the other feed roll and i depending from said roll in the front porlengtlr' of tion of the casing thence below-said casing and carried upwardly through the rear por? tion ofthe casing to said soiled' towel roll, the location ofsa-id feed rollsseparating the clean and soiled portions ofthe towel and a guiding means to further prevent the soiled portion of the towel, from contacting with the clean towel roll.-

' 5. A towel cabinet comprising a casing, a clean towel roll in the lower part of the casing, a feed roll above the clean towel roll in front ofand out of contact with the same and from which the clean towel depends through the front part .of-the ycasing and in front of the clean towel roll, thence through the bottom of the casing near its front edge, a guard in the rear of the casing in back of which the soiled towel entends upwardly, a second feed roll above the guard and in substantial horizontal alignment with the first mentioned feed roll, and a soiled towel roll resting on the second mentioned feed roll substantially as described.

6. A towel cabinet comprising a casingr adapted to receive a. supply of clean towel, a. soiled towel take-up roll slidable in guides in said casing, a pair of friction surfaced feed rolls comprising a rear roll positioned to contact with said take-up roll to windthe soiled towel web thereon, and move said take-up roll vertically in said guides as its diameter increases, 'a hforward roll having a driving connection with said rear roll for simultaneous movement, the web of clean towel being stretched from the towel supply into contact with the forward feed roll and from thence vdepending below the forward portion of said casingto form a loop, the soiled end of the towel web passing upwardly at the rear of the casing to said soiled towel take-up roll, said rear and forward rolls being on substantially the same level, whereby the parts of the cabinet may be more compactly arranged, and less manufacturing material and less space vertically required for the cabinet, the operation of said .forward roll delivering a clean length of towel weband winding up a corresponding soiled length on said take-up roll. I

7. A towel cabinet comprising a casing adpted to receive a supply'of clean towel," fe

rolls arranged one in front of the other in said casing and on substantially the same level to allow compact arrangement of the cabinet parts and permit it to occupy less Space vertically, said feed rolls having a driving connection between them for simultaneousmovement, a soiled towel take-up roll arranged to contact with one of said feed rolls to wind up the soiled towel, theweb 'of clea'n towel engaging the other feed roll and depending therefrom in the form of a loop and carried te said soiled towel take-up roll, the` operation of said feed rolls delivering a i clean web and winding' up a. corl responding length of soiled web on said takeup roll, the relative position of said feed rolls and take-up roll belng such that contact of the soiled web with the clean web feed roll is prevented during the winding of the soiled web on said take-up roll.

8. A towel cabinet comprising a casing, `clean and soiled towel rolls mounted therein, a feed roll mounted and arranged to contact with the soiled towel roll, a second feed roll in approximately the same horizontal plane as the other feed roll, and having a driving :onnection with said first named feed roll and arranged to be out of contact with the 'clean towel roll, the horizontal arrangement of said rolls permitting compact construction of said cabinet and its occupancy of less space vertically, the loose clean towelingr contacting with the said second feed roll, thencedepending downwardly into a loop, thence passing upwardly at the rear of the casing to the soiled towel roll therein, and means mounted in said casing and separating the vsoiled portion from the clean portion of the towel.

9. A towel cabinet comprising a casing adapted to receive a roll of clean towel, a

'soiled towel take-up roll mounted in said casing, a pair of feed rolls, one being mounted in the rear of the cabinet and having a friction surface in contact with the soiled towel web on said take-up roll, the other feed roll beingr mounted in the front of the cabinet and having a. friction surface and a driving 35 connection with said first named feed roll lfor simultaneous movement therewith, said feed rolls being adapted to prevent cont-act of the soiled web with the forward roll during the winding operation, the relative location of saidfeed-rolls beingsuch that a space comparatively shallow 1n depth and short vertically is required for said casing, the loose end of the towel web from said clean towel roll passing over said Second feed roll and from thence depending in the front portion of the cabinet belowtllie same `and from thence upwardly through the rear of the cabinet and contacting with said first named feed roll to be wound upon the soiled towel take-up roll when said second feed roll is operated to deliver a. length of clean towel.

10. A towel cabinet having mechanism therein for keeping separat-ed the front clean portion of a. towel web from the rear soiled ortion com risino a su ort for atowel supply and a soiled towel take up roll, two feed rolls geared together to move in unison, one feed roll approximately on a level with and back of the other in the cabinet, the rear feed roll being in contact with and supporting the take up roll the front feed roll being i'n' the front portion of the cabinet and in contact with the clean portion of the towel so that the web of toweling may hang down therefrom and the` clean portion thereof be removed from the soiled portion of the towel web a maximum distance in said binet.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set' my hand this 19th day of January, 1928. f

GEORGE ADOLPH STEINER. 

